MethodObjectiveModelDifficultyParticipantsTimeMaterials
Business landscape canvas Understanding Strategy & vision Anyone can do this Up to 12 with or without experience 2.5 hours in-person or remote A way to collect ideas and a place to collect them
Futures wheel Understanding Strategy & vision Experienced facilitator Up to 6 with or without experience 45 minutes in-person, 1 hour remote A way to collect ideas and a place to collect them
Journey map Understanding Journeys & flows Anyone can do this Up to 6 45 minutes (in-person), 1hour 15 minutes (remote) based on complexity and length of the journey A way to collect ideas and a place to collect them
4-corners sketching Solution Framing Interfaces & prototypes Anyone can do this Up to 6 with or without experience 45 minutes in-person, 1 hour remote A way to collect ideas, a place to collect them, and some way to sketch
Touchpoint map Understanding Journeys & flows Anyone can use Up to 12, more than 12 and break into groups 20 minutes A way to collect ideas and a place to collect them
Future state vision (idealized design) Understanding Strategy & vision Anyone can run Up to 12 30 minutes (in-person), 45 minutes (remote) Standard stuff: a way to collect ideas and a place to collect them
Goal Mapping Understanding Strategy & vision Anyone can do this Up to 12 with or without experience 45-minutes in-person, 45-minutes remote A way to collect ideas (sticky notes), a place to collect them (wall or canvas)
User attribute grid Understanding Users & personas Experienced facilitator needed Up to 6, more than 6 and break into groups 45 minutes A user attribute grid
User profile canvas Understanding Users & personas Anyone can do this Up to 6, more than 6 and break into groups 30-minutes A way to collect ideas and a canvas to collect them on
User target (bullseye canvas) v.2.1 Understand Users & personas Anyone can do this Up to 24 20 minutes Sticky notes and a canvas, wall you can draw on, or easel pad